The Theatre of Death
6.30pm Thursday 23rd February 2017
Westminster Arts Library
35 St Martins Street
London WC1
Admission: THE SALON IS SOLD OUT
Each ticket includes a 'melo-dram' of Hendricks Gin
Actor and writer JULIE BALLOO dramatically evokes the life and strange death of WILLIAM TERRIS who was murdered at the stage door of the Adelphi on 16th December, 1897 and later became ‘The Covent garden Ghost’ (allegedly - Ed.). 
A glamorous handsome hero, adored by his public, a devoted stay-at-home wife and lovely children, a beautiful secret mistress, a vicious deluded wannabee actor,the foggy streets of old London town... It has all the hallmarks of a Victorian melodrama doesn't it? In fact it is the story of the Victorian melodrama star WILLIAM TERRIS and his nemesis Richard Archer Prince, two men who could not have been more different, two men with polar opposite upbringings and from two very differing classes.Terris packed out theatres with thousands of fans desperate to catch a glimpse of a man with Hollywood looks before Hollywood existed. Prince was a man who was literally starving and eking out a grim existence in one room of a London boarding house.
In the first half of the evening, Julie Balloo will tell theatre of a crime shook London and had all the sensationalism of one of Terris’s own productions. In the second half she will be joined by actors Todd Boyce playing William Terriss and Rebecca Dunn playing Jessie Milward in a section of dramatized scenes in the play 'Gods of the Adelphi.' she has written about the event.
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JULIE BALLOO is an actor, writer and stand up comic. A Victorian enthusiast, she is is bringing the story of William Terris to dramatic life. She has extensive experience in theatre, television and radio as a performer, producer and writer. She lives in Hackney, in London and 'spends every day looking beyond discarded condoms and dog shit in the hope of finding orchids'.
TODD BOYCE is a stage and screen actor with extensive theatre, television and film credits inclsuing most recently Sherlock, Coronation Street and Fantastic Beasts
TODD BOYCE is a stage and screen actor with extensive theatre, television and film credits inclsuing most recently Sherlock, Coronation Street and Fantastic Beasts
REBECCA DUNN is a founding member and co-artistic director of Fluff productions and a theatre and film actor. Her recent film credits include Picture Perfect
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